Reproductive Data for Terebra plumbea
egg diameter | - |
reproductive season | August |
development | veligers hatch when 1 1/2 whorls are complete, add 3 to 3 1/2 additional whorls while planktonic, settle out when they are 925-1025 um in length and have completed 4 1/2 to 5 whorls |
occurrence | plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel |
references | J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975 |
Phylogenetic Information
phylum | Mollusca |
class | Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia) |
order | Neogastropoda |
family | Terebridae |
genus | Terebra |
species | plumbea |
reproduction method | sexual |